Monday, January 10, 2011

Trade war looming warns Brazil

Brazil has warned that the world is on course for a full-blown “trade war” as it stepped up its rhetoric against exchange rate manipulation. Guido Mantega, finance minister, told the Financial Times that Brazil was preparing new measures to prevent further appreciation of its currency, the real, and would raise the issue of exchange-rate manipulation at the World Trade Organisation and other global bodies. He said the US and China were among the worst offenders.

http://m.ft.com/cms/s/0/6316eb4a-1c34-11e0-9b56-00144feab49a.html

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